A/N: This is dedicated to deird1 first of all, who muttered something weeks ago about "Cordelia/Giles mpreg season 5 genderswap PG-rated drabble darkfics." This is neither darkfic (because I'm apparently incapable of writing that) nor composed of drabbles, but I think I hit all the others. Also dedicated to angearia, for whom I've always wanted to write genderswap but never managed to.

Result: Almost definitely not pregnant. Pretty sure. Do these sticks actually work for demon spawn?

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Six more Fridays later plan: Buy fancy-schmancy archival-quality pens for geekazoid English coworker. Treat ourself to fabulous mocha. Do nails.

Result: Giles calls. Oh. Huh. Turns out we were totally never in danger of carrying the demon spawn.

New plan: Research research research. Ask the Host about specialty demon surgeons. All those demons know each other, right? And hey, how come Hallmark doesn’t carry cards that say “Condolences on your demon pregnancy”?

So true! It's a weird narrative choice, except it wasn't really a choice; first person singular didn't seem to work nearly so well and third person didn't work at all. Queen C indeed. (One of the alternate title choices: When Queen C Was King. Only, there wasn't enough actual genderswap content in the fic to justify the title.)